Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Nevada
Nevada Defeats Baseball 10-7
3/31/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 31, 2001
Nevada evened the three-game series at a game piece heading into Sunday afternoons conference battle with the Bulldogs for third place in the Western Athletic Conference. Ben Fritz was credited with the lose for the Bulldogs to even his record at 3-3, while Nevada's Darrell Rasner got the win to improve his record to 6-2. Fresno State is now 22-14 overall and 7-7 in the WAC while Nevada is 17-14 on the season and 8-8 in the WAC.
Nevada got out to an early lead in the top of the first when they scored two early runs. Matt Maguire singled to center field to score Michael Hass for the Wolf Packs first run of the game. Two batters later Mike Gillies grounded into a double play to score Maguire from third giving Nevada a 2-0 lead.
In the bottom of the first, the Bulldogs responded with a run of their own when Brandon Gemoll singled up the middle to score Joey Myers cutting the lead to 2-1.
Nevada added four runs in the top of the third when Chris Dickerson hit a grand slam to give the Wolf Pack a 6-1 lead.
Fresno State scored two runs in the bottom of the third when to cut the Nevada lead to three runs. Brad Harper singled to center field to score Josh Labandeira for the Bulldogs first run of the inning they added their second when Ben Fritz hit a shot to the short stop that he could not handle to score McGehee trimming the Wolf Pack lead to 6-3.
The Wolf Pack chalked up another run in the top of the fourth when Hass hit a solo home run. The Bulldogs continued to battle back in the bottom of the fourth. Oscar Lopez hit a fielder choice to the first baseman with runners on first and second and the Nevada first baseman bounced the throw to the second baseman off the head of Myers that advanced Myers to third and scored Guzman who had previously been on second base. The following batter Labandeira hit into a double play to score Myers from third decreasing the deficit to 7-5.
In the top of the seventh, with the bases loaded JaRell McIntyre hit a grounder to the Bulldog short stop Labandeira that he threw home to stop the runner from scoring, but Brad Harper could not handle it, so Maguire scored for Nevada and the bases were loaded. The following batter Dickerson singled down the right field line to score two more runs for the Wolf Pack giving them a 10-5 lead.
Once again, the Bulldogs tried to rally in the bottom of the ninth when Labandeira doubled to score Oscar Lopez and Myers.
The Bulldogs and the Wolf Pack will face off Sunday for the final game of their three-game conference battle at 1 p.m. in the friendly confines of Pete Beiden Field.
